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INFORMATION
FontID: 10642TUR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Church Location: Carlton Road, Turvey, Bedford Borough MK43 8DB
Country Name: England
Location: Bedfordshire, East
Directions to Site: Located on the A428, 11 km WNW of Bedford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St. Albans
Historical Region: Hundred of Willey
Font Location in Church: To the right (W) of the main (S) entrance
Century and Period: , Medieval
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
The Victoria County History (Bedford, vo. 3, 1912) notes: "The three west bays of the nave represent an aisleless pre-Conquest nave [...] West of [the south doorway], inside the church, is a holy water stoup intact." The Turvey web site [www.turvey.homestead.com/churchtour.html] [accessed 10 February 2005] illustrates a wall-mounted cylindrical holy-water stoup, unadorned.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
52.16331,
-0.62658
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
52° 9′ 47.92″ N,
0° 37′ 35.69″ W
UTM: 30U 662410 5781731
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: wall-mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-09-14 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.